Windows 98 and good ridance IMO

I can still boot my puter into 98 as I have some programs that will not run in XP (left a small partions on one of my HDDs) and my 486 @ 120 would have a hard time with XP I believe.

Quote from: bearI can still boot my puter into 98 as I have some programs that will not run in XP (left a small partions on one of my HDDs) and my 486 @ 120 would have a hard time with XP I believe.

Linux?

Its caused us a nightmare here. All of our POS equipment is Win98 based. Having to work like a gimp to try and get the POS software to work on XP.

Mission.

Quote from: NimrodIts caused us a nightmare here. All of our POS equipment is Win98 based. Having to work like a gimp to try and get the POS software to work on XP.

Mission.

now would be a good time to invest in some new snizzle then

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Quote from: bearI can still boot my puter into 98 as I have some programs that will not run in XP (left a small partions on one of my HDDs) and my 486 @ 120 would have a hard time with XP I believe.

Linux?

I have tried linux on 486 it is painfully slow

Windoze ME has there ever been a more evil OS, ever than that? utterly hurrendous....  :shock:

Quote from: BadabingWindoze ME has there ever been a more evil OS, ever than that? utterly hurrendous....  :shock:

Should have tried Windoze 1.0 then. I was still often dropping into dos to do things with 3.1.

1.0 was pretty dreadful tbh youre quite right about that

I still use Win 98 as its the only OS POCSAG will work with!

Ive used 98 all of a month. Overwrote it with Suse 7.2, knowing nothing about puters really, just that I HATED that motherf*****g paper clip. Rot in hell, you bitch!

? The paperclip is part of Office, not windows. And you can get rid of it (which you need to )

Quote from: Ceathreamhnan? The paperclip is part of Office, not windows. And you can get rid of it (which you need to )

yeah, but in office 97 it turns itself back on again quite often.  Its bloody annoying.  that is one thing MS did right, Kill the bastard paperclip!

I found that, as part of the Office installation process, you can make the Office Assistant "Unavailable". And that gives it the cyanide pill, most satisfactorily  

Quote from: CeathreamhnanI found that, as part of the Office installation process, you can make the Office Assistant "Unavailable". And that gives it the cyanide pill, most satisfactorily  

Yep, Office installs a ton of similar crap no one wants or needs, rid of it during the advanced installation and all will be well. :-)